Location
LAND AT AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE FORMER REDCAR STEEL WORKS SITE
REDCAR AND STOCKTON ON TEES
TEESSIDE
Proposal
Partial Discharge of Requirements 3 (Detailed Design); 4 (landscape & biodiversity protection); 5 (PROW & access land management); 13 (contaminated land & ground water) and 15 (protected species) of reference number EN010103 The Net Zero Teesside Order 2024 (the ‘Order’), which was made by the Secre...
Application Type
Condition Discharge
Status
Approved
Parish(es)
Applicant
Net Zero Teesside Power Limited
Applicant's Address
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c/o Agent (DWD Ltd)
69 Carter Lane
London
EC4V 5EQ
Agent
DWD Ltd
Agent's Address
MR ROBERT BOOTH
69 Carter Lane
69 Carter Lane
London
EC4V 5EQ
Agent's work phone
Agent's email
Case Officer
Mr A Miller
Case Officer Telephone
01287 612454
Case Officer Email
Adrian.Miller@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Consultation Start
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Weekly List Expiry Date
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Date Received
10/10/2024
Date Valid
10/10/2024
Expiry
05/12/2024
Consultation Expiry
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associated_bldreg
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Decision
CONDITION DISCHARGE GRANTED
Decision Date
05/12/2024
Decision Level
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| # | Condition Details |
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| 1 | 3.—(1) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 1 may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until details of the following for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with STDC)— (a) the siting, layout, scale and external appearance, including the colour, materials and surface finishes of all new permanent buildings and structures; (b) finished floor levels; (c) the height of the stacks which must be at a level at which the environmental effects will be no worse than those identified in Chapter 8 of the environmental statement; (d) hard standings; and (e) the internal vehicular access and circulation roads, loading and unloading, vehicle parking and turning facilities, cycle parking and routes, and pedestrian routes. (2) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 2A may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until details of the following, to the extent that they are above mean low water springs, for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with Sembcorp, STDC and the TG entities)— (a) the route and method of installation of the high-pressure gas supply pipeline and any electrical supply, telemetry and other apparatus; (b) the number and location of cathodic protection posts and marker posts; (c) surface water drainage; and (d) works involving trenchless technologies including their location. (3) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 2B may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until details of the following for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with Sembcorp, STDC and the TG entities)— (a) the siting, layout, scale and external appearance, including the colour, materials and surface finishes of all new permanent buildings, structures and above ground apparatus; (b) hard standings (c) the internal vehicular access and circulation roads, loading and unloading, vehicle parking and turning facilities; and (d) works involving trenchless technologies including their location. (4) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 3 may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until details of the following for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with Sembcorp and STDC)— (a) the route and method of installation of the 275 kilovolt electrical cables and control system cables running from Work No. 1 to the existing substation at Tod Point; (b) the connections within the existing substation at Tod Point, including electrical cables, connections to the existing busbars and new, upgraded or replacement equipment; and (c) works involving trenchless technologies including their location. (5) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 4 may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until details of the following for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with STDC)— (a) route and method of construction of the water supply pipelines; and (b) works involving trenchless technologies including their location. (6) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 5 may commence, save for permitted preliminary works, until details of the following for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with Sembcorp and STDC)— (a) the route and method of construction of any new wastewater water pipelines above mean low water springs; and (b) works involving trenchless technologies including their location. (7) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 6 may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until details of the following, to the extent that they are above mean low water springs, for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with Sembcorp and STDC)— (a) the route and method of installation of the carbon dioxide gathering network pipelines and any electrical supply, telemetry and other apparatus; (b) the number and location of cathodic protection posts and marker posts; and (c) works involving trenchless technologies including their location. (8) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 7 may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until details of the following for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with STDC)— (a) the siting, layout, scale and external appearance, including the colour, materials and surface finishes of all new permanent buildings and structures; (b) finished floor levels; (c) hard standings; and (d) the internal vehicular access and circulation roads, loading and unloading, vehicle parking and turning facilities, and pedestrian routes. (9) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 8 may commence, save for the permitted preliminary works, until details of the following for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with STDC)— (a) the route and method of installation of the carbon dioxide export pipeline and any electrical supply, telemetry and other apparatus; (b) the number and location of cathodic protection posts and marker posts; and (c) works involving trenchless technologies including their location. 41 (10) No part of the authorised development comprised in Work No. 9 may commence until details of the following for that part have been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with Sembcorp and STDC)— (a) layout and heights of contractor compounds and construction staff welfare facilities; and (b) vehicle access, parking and cycle storage facilities. (11) Work Nos. 1, 3 and 7 must be carried out in accordance with the design parameters in Schedule 15. (12) Subject to other terms of this Order, Work Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 must be carried out in accordance with the details approved in accordance with sub-paragraphs (1) to (10) above, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority. (13) The details to be submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority under subparagraphs (1) and (8) must be in accordance with the principles in section 7 and 8 of the design and access statement |
| 2 | 4.—(1) No part of the authorised development may commence until a landscape and biodiversity protection plan for that part has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with Sembcorp and STDC). (2) The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) must include details of— (a) measures to protect existing shrub and tree planting that is to be retained; (b) details of any trees and hedgerows to be removed; and (c) biodiversity and habitat mitigation and impact avoidance. (3) The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) must be implemented as approved throughout the construction of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority. (4) No part of Work Nos. 1 or 7 may be commissioned until a landscape and biodiversity management and enhancement plan for that part has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority (following consultation with Sembcorp and STDC). (5) The plan submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (4) must include details of— (a) implementation and management of all new shrub and tree planting; (b) measures to enhance and maintain existing shrub and tree planting that is to be retained; (c) measures to enhance biodiversity and habitats; (d) an implementation timetable; (e) annual landscape and biodiversity management and maintenance; and (f) monitoring measures in accordance with the measures and timeframes set out in sections 6 and 7 of the indicative landscape and biodiversity strategy and including a process for submission to and approval by the relevant planning authority of an annual monitoring report and provision of the annual monitoring report to STDC. (6) Any shrub or tree planted as part of the approved plan that, within a period of five years after planting, is removed, dies or becomes, in the opinion of the relevant planning authority, seriously damaged or diseased, must be replaced in the first available planting season with a specimen of the same species and size as that originally planted unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority. (7) The plans submitted and approved pursuant to sub-paragraphs (1) and (4) must be— (a) in accordance with the principles of the indicative landscape and biodiversity strategy; and (b) implemented and maintained as approved during the operation of the relevant part of the authorised development unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority |
| 3 | 5.—(1) No public rights of way may be temporarily diverted or stopped up and access to any access land must not be temporarily prevented until a management plan for the relevant section of public rights of way or access land has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority. (2) The plan must include details of— (a) measures to minimise the length of any sections of public rights of way and the area of any access land to be temporarily closed; and (b) advance publicity and signage in respect of any sections of public rights of way to be temporarily closed or diverted and access land to be temporarily closed. (3) The plan must be implemented as approved unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority. |
| 4 | 13.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (8), no part of the authorised development may commence, save for geotechnical surveys and other investigations for the purpose of assessing ground conditions, until a scheme to deal with the contamination of land, including groundwater, which is likely to cause significant harm to persons or pollution of controlled waters or the environment, has, for that part, been submitted to and, after consultation with the Environment Agency and STDC, approved by the relevant planning authority. (2) The scheme submitted and approved under sub-paragraph (1) must be consistent with the principles set out in Chapter 10 of the environmental statement and any construction environmental management plan submitted under requirement 16(1) and include— 45 (a) a preliminary risk assessment (desk top study) and risk assessment that— (i) is supported by a site investigation scheme; and (ii) identifies the extent of any contamination; (b) an appraisal of remediation options and a proposal of the preferred option where the risk assessment indicates that remediation is required in order for the relevant area of land not to meet the definition of “contaminated land” under Part 2A (contaminated land) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(a); (c) where the risk assessment carried out under sub-paragraph (a) identifies the need for remediation, a remediation strategy which must include— (i) the preferred option for remediation to ensure that the site will not meet the definition of “contaminated land” under Part 2A (contaminated land) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and (ii) a verification plan, providing details of the data to be collected in order to demonstrate that the works set out in the remediation scheme submitted for approval under this sub-paragraph are complete; (d) a materials management plan that is in accordance with the prevailing code of practice relevant to such plans, which sets out long-term measures with respect to any contaminants remaining on the site during and after the authorised development is carried out; (e) details of how any unexpected contamination will be dealt with (f) an update to the hydrogeological impact assessment including hydrogeological conceptual model that is informed by any further ground investigation reports and groundwater monitoring in addition to the information in Chapter 10 of the environmental statement; (g) a long term monitoring and maintenance plan in respect of contamination, including details of (but not limited to) monitoring of groundwater and surface water, appropriate screening criteria, and a time-table of monitoring and submission of monitoring reports, and which must include any necessary contingency action or mitigation measures arising from the matters reported; and (h) a plan for managing or otherwise decommissioning any boreholes installed for the investigation of soils, groundwater or geotechnical purposes, including details of how redundant boreholes are to be decommissioned in order to prevent risk of groundwater pollution, how any boreholes that need to be retained for monitoring purposes will be secured, protected and inspected, and including a requirement for appropriate validation records within a report to be submitted to demonstrate that all boreholes which are no longer required have been decommissioned in accordance with best practice. (3) The authorised development, including any remediation and monitoring, must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority following consultation with the Environment Agency. (4) Following the implementation of the remediation strategy approved under sub-paragraph (3), a verification report, based on the data collected as part of the remediation strategy and demonstrating the completion of the remediation measures must be produced and supplied to the relevant planning authority and the Environment Agency. (5) Where the verification report produced under sub-paragraph (4) does not demonstrate the completion of the remediation measures, a statement as to how any outstanding remediation measures will be addressed must be supplied to the relevant planning authority and the Environment Agency at the same time as the verification report (6) The outstanding remediation measures must be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the relevant planning authority, after consultation with the Environment Agency and STDC, by the date agreed with that authority. (7) As an alternative to seeking an approval under sub-paragraph (1), the undertaker may instead submit for approval by the relevant planning authority, following consultation with the Environment Agency and STDC, a notification that the undertaker instead intends to rely on any scheme to deal with the contamination of land (including groundwater) which relates to any part of Work Nos. 1, 7, 9A or 10 that has been previously approved by the relevant planning authority pursuant to an application for planning permission or an application to approve details under a condition attached to a planning permission. (8) If a notification under sub-paragraph (7) is— (a) approved by the relevant planning authority following consultation with the Environment Agency then the undertaker must implement the previously approved scheme and an approval under sub-paragraph (1) is not required; or (b) not approved by the relevant planning authority following consultation with the Environment Agency then an approval under sub-paragraph (1) is required. (9) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (8) do not apply to any part of the Order land where the undertaker demonstrates to the relevant planning authority following consultation with the Environment Agency that the relevant part of the Order land is fit for the authorised development through the provision of a remedial validation report (which must include a risk assessment, details of any planning permission under which remediation works were carried out and any ongoing monitoring requirements) and the relevant planning authority notifies the undertaker that it is satisfied that the relevant part of the Order land is fit for the authorised development on the basis of that report. (10) The undertaker must comply with any ongoing monitoring requirements and any activities identified as necessary by the monitoring contained within the documents submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority pursuant to sub-paragraph (9). |
| 5 | 15.—(1) No part of the authorised development may commence until further survey work for that part has been carried out to establish whether any protected species are present on any of the land affected, or likely to be affected, by that part of the authorised development. 47 (2) Where a protected species is shown to be present, no authorised development of that part must commence until a scheme of protection and mitigation measures has been submitted to and, following consultation with Natural England, approved by the relevant planning authority. (3) The authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority. (4) In this requirement, “protected species” has the same meaning as in regulations 42 and 46 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017(a). |
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| Application Form | |||
| Application Form | 411 kb | 10/10/2024 | |
| Consultee Responses | |||
| Consultee response - Environmental Protection (Contaminated Land) | 243 kb | 24/10/2024 | |
| Decision | |||
| Compliance Decision Notice | 193 kb | 06/12/2024 | |
| Supporting Documentation | |||
| EN010103 NZT DCO as made | 3552 kb | 10/10/2024 | |
| Requirement 3(10) 4 5 13 15 | 2319 kb | 10/10/2024 | |
| Requirement 3(10) 4 5 13 15 | 3736 kb | 10/10/2024 | |
| Requirement 3(10) 4 5 13 15 | 288 kb | 10/10/2024 | |
| Requirement 3(10) 4 5 13 15 | 6354 kb | 10/10/2024 | |
| Location Of North Site Office Rev. P01(1) | 3736 kb | 04/11/2024 | |
| North Site Office Elevations And Dimensions | 2848 kb | 04/11/2024 | |
| Consultee Name | Date Letter Sent | Consultation Expiry Date |
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| Environmental Protection Team | 10/10/2024 | - |
| Public Rights of Way | 10/10/2024 | - |